At IFA 2013 Sony also announced its innovative QX Series lens-style cameras, including DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 models. If you’re curious, let’s go on checking the smartphone attachable cameras.
No doubt, QX Series is a revolutionary camera series. As we can see from the images, both DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 cameras feature ultra-portable, lens-style design. DSC-QX100 camera comes with a premium, high-quality 1.0 inch, 20.2-megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor and a fast, wide-aperture Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens with 3.6x optical zoom and a powerful BIONZ image processor in order to bring you high quality photos.
Moreover, DSC-QX10 lens-style compact camera measures 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.3 inches and weights 4 oz. As a high-zoom model, the digital camera features a 18.2-megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom Sony G lens and built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization for high-resolution and blur-free photos.
Apart from that, both DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 lens-style cameras are able to pair with NFC-enable smartphone, and convert the smartphone’s LCD display into a viewfinder with the ability to release the shutter, start/stop video recording, adjust settings and etc, and you can also store your photos in your smartphone and the compact camera at the same time.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 lens-style cameras will be available later this month for about $500 and $200 USD respectively. If you’re interested, jump to Sony official site (DSC-QX10 camera) for more details.